Teaching about race isn’t a priority at most schools here and around the country, and some educators say that’s a problem if high school graduates are going to find their way in a multicultural world.LNP, Sept. 17, 2017Full story

Twenty years ago, the Pennsylvania charter school law was signed. Since then, charter schools have been heralded as the savior of the public education system.Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 15, 2017Full story

Pennsylvania state government will delay more than $1.7 billion in payments due largely to Medicaid insurers and school districts, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday, amid an unprecedented cash crunch and a fight in the Republican-controlled legislature over how to plug a projected $2.2 billion budget hole. Associated Press, Sept. 15, 2017Full story

Philadelphia's School Reform Commission meets Thursday for the first time since the new school year began. The five-member group — with a majority appointed by the governor — has overseen the city's traditional public schools and charter schools since 2001. WHYY Newsworks, Sept. 14, 2017Full story

The people of POWER and the lower-income people they represent want to be heard — and they want to be heard by the right people. That’s why they arranged a press conference Thursday afternoon at Pottstown High School to pressure a politician to keep his promise.Pottstown Mercury, Sept. 14, 2017Full story

The state government appeared on the edge, for the first known time, of missing a payment as a result of not having enough cash on hand amid a feud over how to patch a $2.2 billion budget gap. Associated Press, Sept. 15, 2017Full story

Pennsylvania's House of Representatives put off preliminary votes Tuesday on measures designed to plug the state government's $2.2 billion budget gap with money siphoned partly from public transportation and environmental improvement programs. Associated Press, Sept. 12, 2017Full story

With the focus turned to back to school, a gun control advocacy group wants to remind Pennsylvanians of legislation lurking in the House of Representatives' hopper that would allow school personnel to have firearms in school. PennLive.com, Sept. 12, 2017Full story